Table 3.
Association between Sources of Information About Marijuana and Believing Misinformation About Marijuana
| Any misinformation endorsed N* = 3609 |
All misinformation endorsed N* = 245 |
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| N* | Unadj OR (95% CI) | Adj OR (95% CI) | N* | Unadj OR (95% CI) | Adj OR (95% CI) | |
| Social media platform, Google, or other Internet search | 667 | 1.56 (1.40, 1.75) | 1.46 (1.30, 1.64) | 38 | 1.02 (0.74, 1.38) | 0.93 (0.67, 1.26) |
| Advertisement, marijuana dispensary, or other industry sources | 172 | 3.33 (2.52, 4.45) | 2.88 (2.15, 3.88) | 20 | 3.71 (2.36, 5.60) | 2.66 (1.66, 4.09) |
| Friends or relatives | 783 | 1.54 (1.39, 1.72) | 1.41 (1.26, 1.58) | 54 | 1.26 (0.95, 1.66) | 1.07 (0.80, 1.42) |
| Health professional | 784 | 0.83 (0.75, 0.91) | 0.83 (0.75, 0.92) | 58 | 1.11 (0.84, 1.44) | 1.16 (0.88, 1.51) |
| Traditional media platform | 626 | 0.66 (0.60, 0.74) | 0.81 (0.72, 0.90) | 14 | 0.22 (0.13, 0.35) | 0.28 (0.16, 0.46) |
| Politician or law enforcement professional | 107 | 0.55 (0.44, 0.69) | 0.53 (0.42, 0.66) | 6 | 0.52 (0.23, 1.03) | 0.51 (0.22, 1.00) |
OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval
*Unweighted N
Odds ratios for the sources of information about marijuana are presented for multivariate models that included each source of information about marijuana, adjusted for socio-demographic characters (age, gender race/ethnicity, education, income, employment) and legalization status in the state of residence. There was a separate model for each source of information, and the referent in each model was all other sources of information